Cushion-cover for fruit-crates.



I. W. PECK.

CUSHION COVER FQB FRUIT CRATES.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 2. 19m.

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IRVING WM. PECK, 0F MACON, GEORGIA.

CUSHION-COVER FOR FRUIT-CRATES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Met. 22, 1918.

Application filed Gctober 2, 1916. Serial No. 123,341.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, IRVING W. PECK, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Macon, in the county of Bibb and State of Georgia, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Cushion-Covers for Fruit-Crates, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is an improvement 1n cushion covers for fruit crates, and has for its object to provide means in connect on with the cover of the crate for permittlng quick and easy attachment of a cushion to the said cover, the cushion being designed to protect the contents of the crate from injury.

In the drawings: 7

Figure l is a perspective view looking from below of a crate cover with the cushion in place;

Fig. 2 is a similar view before the placing of the cushion;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged partial longitudinal section through the cover and cushion;

Fig. at is a similar section showing one form of attaching means;

Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 4, of a modified form of attaching means, and

Fig. 6 is a transverse section through the cover and the cushion.

In the present embodiment of the invention is shown a cover 1 which mayv be of any usual or desired form, being in the present instance a board of suitable size having reinforcing strips 2 intermediate its ends and on one face, and is provided on the opposite face at its ends with transverse cleats 3 for engaging inside of the ends of the crate.

In practice it is not always desirable to attach the cushions at the factory where the crates are manufactured, but at another place, as for instance where the fruit is packed. It is desirable, however, that some form of attaching means be provided in connection with the crate cover for permitting the easy attachment of the cushions without the necessity of disassembling the crate cover.

With this object in view, I provide strips 4 of paper of suitable width, and of a length corresponding approximately to that of the cleats, the said strips being inserted between the cleats and the cover, as shown more particularly in Figs. 2, 3, and 4, and with the outer edges thereof flush with the outer sides of the cleats and the ends of the cover. The strips are of such width that a little more than half their width will extend inwardly beyond the cleat and lie upon the under surface of the cover, as shown in Fig. 2. This free portion of each strip provides an attaching means for the cushion shown in Fig. 3.

These cushions are formed by placing upon a strip of paper the filling of the cushion, which may be eXcelsior or the like, and turning the edges of the strip over upon the cushion, as shown in Fig. 6. The cushion so formed is then cut into suitable lengths, the lengths bein such that they will fit loosely between tie cleats on the cover, as shown in Fig. 3.

These cushions may be shipped in bales and applied to the crates at the place of packing merely by inserting the ends of the cushion beneath the strips 4 and pasting the sald stri s to the ends of the cushion in the manner s own in Figs. 1 and 3.

With this arrangement, the strips 4 are held firmly in lace by the cleats, and the covers may he s ipped to the place of pack- 111g without the cushions, so that any liability of damage to the cushions during shipping is eliminated.

In the embodiment of the invention shown 7 in Fig. 5, the cover 6 has the reinforcing strips 7 and the cleats 8, and the strips indicate at 9 are secured to the under face of the cover. at the inner sides of the cleats. A portion of the strip is left free extending along the inner edge of the cleat, as shown in Fig. 5, and outwardly beyond the lower face of the cleat, and this free edge of the strip provldes a securing means for the cushion. With this construction, the cushion is held on the cover between the cleats in the same manner as in Fig. 3, and the free edges of the strips 9 are turned over upon the ends of the cushion and pasted thereto in any suitable or desired manner.

In either arrangement, the strips are ap- I ible strips having edge portions held between the cleats, the free edges of the strips being adapted to be attached to the outer face of the cushion and placed upon the under side of the cushion and secured to the cushion, to hold said cushion in place.

2. A cover for crates having transverse cleats adjacent to its opposite ends and attached to the under side thereof, and flexible strips having edge portions held between the cleats, and a flat cushion placed against the under side of the cover and held in place by the said flexible strips, the free edge p01- tions of the said strips being attached to the ends of the cushion.

IRVING WM. PECK.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for 'five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. 0. 

